#the other half of the coin

[snow-hart-a]

The Son of Morning

He is half of my soul as the poets say....

I was called in one day, to bear witness to our Father's greatest creation, so he told me. Why he called me alone, I only understood when he was finished, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Behold My Magnum Opis, He had said before he began. Unlike my other brothers, who were spoken or thought into existence in but a split second, this angel was...different.

From the fabric of the stars and skies he formed the angel's core, which formed a brilliant light that shone brighter than any other star he had made prior...nearly instantly I felt a resonance, a connection that I could not name, for a word for what this was did not exist at that time.

From all the winds of the lands he formed the angel's wings, brilliant and shimmering, they too appeared to be made of light. I felt something like a shudder down my own wings in response.

I would know him in death, at the end of the world

From the very clouds of heaven itself he fashioned the new angel's body, effervescent in it's brilliance. Once more I felt that strange pull in my chest, as though there was nothing I wouldn't do for this young angel, made to be about my own age, maybe a little younger.

And from His own lungs, our Father breathed him to life, the mutual connection to the Source bonded us together...whatever might come to pass, I knew I would forever love this angel.

Awaken, Lucifer, O Star of the Morning

And when those eyes opened for the first time, I knew one thing for sure....I would protect him until my own closed for the last time.

Come what may....

And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone

[dollopole]

“You show him the most extraordinary loyalty.” “That’s my job, sire.” “Beyond the line of duty.”

“You could say… There’s a bond between us.”

Because telling Uther, “You could say we’re very much in love, and we eat each other’s mouths in the evening, but I can’t go into detail, because you’re Arthur’s father.”

was too much incriminating, isn’t that so, Merlin?

[numberonetribble]

Oh you KNOW that thing is going to taste 100% like food coloring 😭

[iamshmolphrog]

these blorbo-ass scrimblos. these stupid tragic gay husbands. these silly horrible boys

[saucypankakes]

Thinking about how Suzanne Collins writes romance in The Hunger Games along the lines of the soulmate myth where two halves of a whole complete one another

[wander-clover]

Forced Normalcy

[truthless-recluse]

@shadowmillk

"They're gone..." A soft, nigh emotionless voice echoed through the spire. The remaining echo of wind from the unleashed torrent of magic was all that could be felt now. All in the wake of the removal of Gingerbrave and his friends.

His.. 'ex-friends'... Well, three of them at the very least. The other one had gone off on her own volition before they even set foot in the Spire. Left him at the Jester's mercy.

Left him to his predetermined fate.

Perhaps that was how it was meant to be. A showing that he really had been alone, but not any more.

"The curtain closes on Pure Vanilla Cookie.. As it was always meant to do." He exhaled, looking out to the spire around him.

"Now, does another rise from his crumbled shadow." His emotionless eyes looked to the darkness around the 'stage'.

"Were you entertained?"

[tomatoart]

The Velveteen Angel

[alpinelogy]

so my household is currently me (czech), a Finnish guy, a romanian girl, and an Indian girl. We have proclaimed this an Eastern European household. We take out shoes off and store every single jar we can get our hands on

[icewindandboringhorror]

finally finished all of one character's entire quests/optional dialogue/questions/etc.... 100,000 words... .... aughhh

[springs-hurts]

Okay it's little sad but kind of funny how Merlin didn't know his father, Arthur didn't know his mother as in just one parent. Arthur was good with swords, Merlin had magic...

Meanwhile Morgana and Morgause- both Orphans,both had magic and were good with swords, a complete package 😭😭🙏🙏

[specialmouse]

im fujoing out over medieval icelandic sagas you anime hoes could never get on my level

[unluckyxse7en]

This is literally just what shippers in fandoms are like on here. This is 100% shipper activity. Don't think I don't see you Uriel.

[official-nina-hopkins]

This took me 2 weeks or so!, anyway. just a featuring my coin case rival! .../Silver design!. i will totally redesign him when i draw him again but overall i am very happy how the painting turned out!.

[wishesofeternity]

"Antiochos’ and Stratonike’s activities in the eastern part of the [Seleukid] empire are largely shrouded in mystery, but, as Engels has argued, Antiochos was far from idle since he embarked on a large building programme and was active in securing the frontier. There is some evidence to suggest that his new bride accompanied him for much of this period. We can perhaps identify Stratonike’s presence with her new husband in the Upper Satrapies through the gold coinage minted in Susa and Baktria in c . 287. The two gold coin sets are of the same type, the obverse features the laureate head of Apollo facing right and the reverse features Artemis in an elephant biga facing left with the legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ in exergue.

Figure 1: Coin of Seleukos I from Baktria Depicting Apollo on the Obverse and Artemis with Elephant Biga on the Reverse (Houghton and Lorber 2002, SC I no. 163).

Figure 2: Coin of Seleukos I from Baktria Depicting Apollo on the Obverse and Artemis with Elephant Biga on the Reverse (Houghton and Lorber 2002, SC I no. 257).

The reverse image of Artemis in the elephant biga is within the same design type as a large range of other coinage issued by Seleukos I celebrating the success of his elephants and thus his eastern campaigns. The appearance of Artemis is however unique to these coin types. This suggests the emphasis on the close links between the twin gods, Artemis and Apollo, depicted on the obverse and reverse of this coinage . Since there appears to be as a close link between Apollo and Antiochos as there is between Zeus and Seleukos, the presence of Artemis could be seen as a symbol for Stratonike. This would create a series of parallels: Seleukos/Zeus, Antiochos/Apollo, and Stratonike/Artemis. The first two reflect what we see for these two kings at the list of priests of Seleukid kings in Seleukeia in Pieria . Additionally, it may be notable that the sister-wife ideology [...] appears to be evident later in the reign of Antiochos.

As all of the Apollo/Artemis cointypes were produced on high value gold coinage, this suggests that it was issued in order to commemorate a significant event. While the type was similar to other Seleukid coinage, the shift from Athena to Artemis was clearly discernible and unique. The arrival of the new joint-King and Queen in the region to take up residence would have been a suitable moment for the issuing of the new coin type. This advertisement of their new rule certainly falls in line with Seleukos’ wedding speech which confirmed their new roles."

-David Engels & Kyle Erickson, "Apama and Stratonike – Marriage and Legitimacy", "Seleukid Royal Women" (edited by Edited by Altay Coşkun and Alex McAuley). The pictures of the coins are screenshots from the book.

[chikkenhawke]

more of andre, who has a nemesis now